The duo filmakers who form the Otolith Group, Kudwo Eshun and Anjalika Sagar are one of the nominees for this years annual Turner Prize Award. The British born, half Ghanaian and Indian descendants are known for their abstract and unorthodox cinematic essays which depict present day life in London and fantasises with the future of tomorrow in Mumbai.
Their vision has even stretched a far as outer space in their effort to challenge the banal notion of 'otherness', a commonality in the artistic exploration of non-Western culture. Also apart of the Black Audio Film Collective, the pair have recently completed their trilogy of films, 'Otolith' I, II and III.
You can be forgiven if you're a little unfamiliar with the Otolith Group, their work isn't something you can catch at your local Odeon Cinema but now that you've heard of them, visit their website to learn more.
Let's hope victory will be theirs at the Turner Prize ceremony!
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